** Shares of water treatment solutions firm Ion Exchange
(India) Ltd IONX.NS fall as much as 6.5% to 3,755 rupees
** Co posts 1.7% drop in consolidated net profit
** Rev from ops rises 30.5% Y/Y to 6.47 bln rupees, while
total expenses surge ~34%
** IONX's steepest pct loss since Dec. 21
** About 51,314 shares change hands by 1:27 p.m. IST, 1.7x
the 30-day avg - Refinitiv Data
** Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) line
slightly under signal line, suggesting bearish bias
** Stock last down 5.5%, cutting YTD gains to 37.4%
($1 = 82.6641 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Priya Sagar in Bengaluru)
((Priya.Sagar@thomsonreuters.com))